Third Culture Kids
Third Culture Kids
About
SIX EMERGING AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS FROM CULTURALLY DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS EXPLORE THE CONCEPT OF BELONGING AND DISCUSS THEMES OF RACISM, REPRESENTATION AND IDENTITY.
Since the 1970s, Australia has asserted itself as a proudly multiracial and multicultural country with boundless plains to share. Decades after the first wave of non-European migrants settled after the end
of the white Australia policy, what does Australia look like for their children who are at the crossroads of two identities – that of their parents’ homeland and Australia?
For second generation artists of non-European background, defining themselves – in their art and beyond – can be a difficult task.
Third Culture Kids explores these questions through the stories of six Australian artists from non-European backgrounds by revisiting a childhood memory that explores growing up in two worlds and how that moment shaped and informed their arts practice.
Using a cross between narrative and factual storytelling, the visual style of Third Culture Kids is a montage that includes interviews, archive and recreations that enter the imagination of the artist to create a visual feast that seeks to reflect the melting pot that is contemporary Australia and what it means to belong.